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Tuna Salad

Great to cook ahead for a healthy lunch the next day.

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs

  • 4 small waxy potatoes

  • 100g green beans, trimmed

  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

  • 1 lemon

  • 50ml Extra Virgin Olive Oil

  • 4 tinned anchovies

  • 100g tomatoes (any kind)

  • a handful of other veg of your choice

  • 2 tablespoons of black olives

  • 1 tin (responsibly sourced) tuna

  • 75g green salad leaves

Level:

Easy

Serves:

Makes 2 servings

Prep Time:

Cook Time:

15 minutes

22 minutes

Recipe video tutorial

Preparation

  1. Cook the eggs in a pan of boiling water for 8 minutes. Then cool the eggs in a bowl of cold water.

  2. Cook the potatoes in the same pan of water for 10 minutes. Add the green beans and continue to cook for another 5 minutes. Lift the potatoes and green beans from the water and leave to cool.

  3. Meanwhile, make a salad dressing by mixing the Dijon mustard, juice of the lemon and 50ml of Extra Virgin Olive Oil together. Chop the anchovies and mix these into the dressing.

  4. Cut the cooled potatoes into quarters and roughly chop the tomatoes.

  5. In a bowl mix together:

    1. potatoes

    2. green beans

    3. tomatoes

    4. olives

    5. tuna

    6. and half of the dressing

  6. Peel your eggs and cut them in half.

  7. Top the bowl of tuna salad with your halved eggs and drizzle over the remaining dressing.

    SERVE!

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